HyperStar 3 Lens - 8'' Celestron Edge HD + Filter Slider

SKU: HS3-C8HD-FSPRICE: 1,028.00

HyperStar 3 Lens - 8'' Celestron Edge HD + Filter Slider Description

This version of the HyperStar lens includes the Starizona Filter Slider for easy use of multiple filters without removing the camera. The appropriate camera adapter is included (select under Options below).

This model includes the required adapter ring to fit the HyperStar lens to the Edge HD model telescope. An additional adapter would be required to adapt this lens to an older (non-HD) telescope.

HyperStar is based on Celestron's innovative Fastar feature. This feature allows the secondary mirror to be removed from Celestron's Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes. By mounting the HyperStar lens assembly in place of the secondary mirror, a CCD camera can be mounted at the front of the telescope allowing for a wider field of view and much faster imaging.

Switching from HyperStar to the telescope's normal f/10 configuration is simple and fast. It takes only a minute or two, requires no tools, and the telescope's secondary mirror is indexed so no recollimation is necessary.

The HyperStar lens assembly works with a variety of cameras from Atik, Orion, Meade, Mallincam, SBIG, Starlight Xpress and more. Different cameras require different adapters in order to preserve the critical backfocus distance of the HyperStar lens. One adapter is included with the HyperStar lens. Please specify the camera being used when ordering.

A holder is included for safe storage of the secondary mirror while imaging.

The HyperStar systems allows an 8" telescope to operate at a focal ratio of f/2.1, an incredible 23 times faster than the standard f/10 focal ratio! Images can be obtained in just seconds!

Check out the HyperStar Website for more details and images taken using the HyperStar system.

Select the camera model you will use below. The HyperStar includes one camera adapter of your choice.

Select the telescope model you have below. If you have a CPC Deluxe HD fork-mounted model, select the first option. If you have a CGEM HD or CGE Pro HD model, or an Edge HD OTA on any other type of German Equatorial Mount, choose the second option.